Amrita Sahu, PhD
- Assistant Professor
Dr. Amrita Sahu is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Dr. Sahu is also the Scientific Program Coordinator at the Alliance for Regenerative Rehabilitation Research and Training. Her current research focuses on developing targeted rehabilitation strategies for enhancing age-related deficits in skeletal muscle and cognitive functional capacity.
Research Interests: aging, skeletal muscle physiology, cognition, skeletal muscle-brain axis, extracellular vesicles, tissue engineering, regenerative medicine, quantum biology, and rehabilitation sciences.
Education & Training
- B.Tech, Biomedical Engineering, Manipal University, Indina, 2011
- MS, Biomedical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, 2013
- PhD, Environmental and Occupational Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 2019